Honey-frame.



H. PERKINS.

HONEY FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28. 1911.

1,014,171. Patented Jan. 9, 1912. Y

HENRY PERKINS, 015 LOS ANGELES, GALIFORNIA A SSIGNQB OF ONE-HALF TO .H J. MERGER, OF LOS ANGELES, CAIIFOBNZAI HONEY-FRAME.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY PERKINS, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Honey-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a top bar for honey frames provided with means for clamping or holding the comb-foundation therein, and the main object of the invention is to provide a top bar for this purpose which will be simple in construction and effective in operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a top bar for the stated purpose which is formed of a single piece.

Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, and referring thereto: Figure 1 is a perspective of a portion of a honey frame, showing the section of foundation secured in the top bar. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the top bar witha portion of the comb-foundation held there- 15:- Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are transverse sections,

showing modified forms of the top bar.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sect-ion of a portion of the honey'frame, together with means for temporarily operating upon the top bar to facilitate introduction of the foundation thereinto. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of another modified .form ofthe top'bar.

Referring to Fig. 1, the honey frame, indicated at 1, is provided with a top bar 2 along the underside of which extends a groove 3 adapted to receive the comb-foundation 4, said groove being of such width as to pinch and firmly hold thefoundation.

The frame 1 and bar 2 are formed of wood,

their general'form being the same as generally adapted for this purpose. In order to enable this groove to be temporarily ex-- panded, so as to provide for the introduction of the comb-foundation thereinto, another groove 5 is formed in the top bar 2 extending alongside of the groove 3, so that the intervening web or tongue 6 is flexible and elastic. In the form shown in Figs. 1

and 2, this supplementary groove 5 is par-1 allel to the main groove 3, so that the tongue or portion 6 of wood extending between these grooves is of uniform thiclmess from top to bottom. If desired, however, the in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented an. e, 1912.

Application filed January 28, 1911. Serial No. 605,283.

and supplementary groove 5 converge upwardly, so that the web or tongue 6 extend- 1ng between the grooves is downwardly flaring, or, as shown in Fig. 5, the supplementary groove, indicated at 5 may diverge upwardly from the main groove 3, so that the intervening Web or tongue 6 is downwardly tapering. y

I prefer to form the main groove 3 at an acute angle to the bottom face .of the top strip 2, that is to say at an angle of inclina tion to the vertical direction, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that when the comb-foundation 4 is secured in said groove, it will be bent slightly at the point where it leaves the groove, thereby clenching the foundation in place. As shown in Fig. 3, however, the main groove 3 and the supplementary groove 5 may extend vertically in the top bar and, in this case, the comb foundation is held only by direct pressure or by frictional contact of the walls of the main groove 3.

To enable insertion of the comb-foundation in the top bar, the slot- 3 thereof is temporarily stretched or expanded by any suitable means, as by means of a blade, indicated at 8 in Fig. 6, said blade being carried by an operating member 9 pivoted at 10 on a frame 11, and a handle member 12, also pivoted on, saidframe, working in a slot 13in said operating member 9 and being provided with shoulders 14 engaging with said operating 'member, so that by moving said handle .12 on its pivot, the operating member 9 is tipped on the pivot 10 thereof. The top bar 2 is placed on the frame 11 .in inverted position with the face of its tongue-,6 direct-1y beneath the lower end of the blade 8; the handle 12 is then depressed causing a shoulder 14; thereon to engage the. operating memberv 9 and depress the lower end of said operating member and the blade 8 thereon, so that the said blade 8 presses the tongue 6 away from the slot 3 and opens or: expands said slot. The comb-foundation 1 is placed on the upper face of the operating member 9, which under these conditions is parallel with the foundation-receivmg groove 3 and the said groove being expanded, as above stated, the

raising the handle 12 to position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, the blade 8 at the v within the slot 3 and to hold the same firmly in place. When the honey frame is then supported in the usual manner, the combfoundation will be suspended from the top bar and be retained by frictional engagement of the walls of the slot 3 with the upper edge portion of said comb-foundation. The bending of the comb-foundation at the lower end of the slot 3, in the case where the said slot extends obliquely, is of advantage in that it gives a clench support to the comb-foundation in'addition to the fric tional support.

In any of the above. described forms of the invention the foundation receiving groove may be-made wider at its inner or upper end, as indicated at 3 in Fig.7, the construction being otherwise as above described. This provides for a tighter pinching action.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a comb foundation, a honey frame provided with a wooden top bar having two longitudinal grooves with an intervening elastic tongue, one of said grooves receiving and tightly fitting the upper portion of the foundation and the other of said grooves extending parallel to the first named groove and being open to allow the tongue between said grooves to press upon the foundation by reason of its own elasticity with sufficient pressure to retain the foundation in place.

2. In combination with a comb foundation, a honey frame provided with a wooden top bar having two longitudinal grooves therein with an intervening elastic tongue, both of said grooves extending obliquely upward from the bottom of the top bar, one of said grooves receiving and tightly fitting the upper portion of the comb foundation, and the other of said grooves being open to permit the elastic tongue formed between said grooves to bear upon the comb by reason of its own elasticity with sufiicient pressure to retain the foundation in place. 1 v

3.'A wooden top bar for honey frames provided with two longitudinal grooves with an intervening elastic tongue, one of said grooves being constructed and adapted to receive and'tightly fit the comb foundation, and said elastic tongue being constructed and adapted to press resiliently on the comb when it is inserted in said comb receiving groove with sufiicient pressure to retain the foundation in place.

'4. A wooden top bar for honey frames provided with two longitudinal grooves with an intervening elastic tongue, one of said grooves being constructed and adapted to receive and tightly fit the comb foundation, and said elastic tongue being constructed. and adapted to press resiliently on the comb when it is inserted in said comb receiving groove, said grooves extending obliquely upward from the bottom of the top bar to cause the comb to be bent where it leaves the groove and to give a clench hold thereon.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this'19th day of January, 1911.

HENRY PERKINS. In presence of ARTHUR P. KNIGHT, FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. 

